GB1247574A - Improvements in or relating to a process and appliance for eliminating bristles, hair and superfluous hair from skin - Google Patents

Abstract

1,247,574. Removing hair by burning. E. J. POLITZER. 21 Jan., 1969 [22 Jan., 1968; 3 Dec., 1968], No. 3492/69. Heading H5H. An appliance for removing hair, e.g. in shaving, comprises a hollow body 1, a comb or grid 31, a rotatable support 19 within the body 1 and pins 24 extending outwardly of the support 19, sparks being produced at the pins 24 in operation to destroy hair entering the body 1 through the comb 31. The sparks are produced by an electrical discharge between the pins 24 and further pins 25 on a live bar 26, the cylindrical support 19 being rotated by a motor 5 and contacting a conducting brush 23 forming part of the discharge electrical circuit. A double comb or duplicate cylinder housings may be provided, Figs. 3-4 (not shown). Alternatively, a foil may replace the comb 31, sparks then being produced between adjacent oppositely polarized axial strips of spikes on the cylinder surface, Figs. 5-7 (not shown). Further, Fig. 11, the action of sparks produced by discharge between adjacent strips of spikes 46, 47 on a cylinder 43 may be enhanced by heat emitted by a resistance 74, current being fed through rings 50, 52, 70, 71. Also, Fig. 8, a rotary disc 54 may be positioned below an open-work grid 55, sparks being produced by discharge between parallel diametric spike bars 63, 64 oppositely polarized through brushes 61, 62 and rings 59, 60. Furthermore, a radial resistance heater (96), Fig. 14 (not shown), may be incorporated.